In A Jar

Sometimes, I think we all just stray from where we should be, ya know? And we also end up learning from it. You might scar, but the pain will heal. The scar is your reminder. Your lesson.

Verse 1 Went away Gone away Slipped away Flew away Ran away Hid away Now I’m cold, beaten, and cornered And not in that order

Chorus 1 In a jar Captured and scared All alone Way too far Wandered away from home And I can’t find my way Can anyone hear me through this glass? My voice is trying to penetrate, but it keeps bouncing back In a jar

Verse 2 Going for Looking for Searching for Praying for Hoping for Begging for Now I’m sick, hurting, and dying Don’t have strength for crying

Chorus 1 In a jar Captured and scared All alone Way too far Wandered away from home And I can’t find my way Can anyone hear me through this glass? My voice is trying to penetrate, but it keeps bouncing back In a jar

Bridge I wish someone would rescue me Though I brought this on my self But now I’m just a bug in a glass Resting on the shelf

Chorus 1 In a jar Captured and scared All alone Way too far Wandered away from home And I can’t find my way Can anyone hear me through this glass? My voice is trying to penetrate, but it keeps bouncing back In a jar

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